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Re:Among the Tax Bill’s Biggest Losers: High-Income, Blue St... by kamaal on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @11:15PM (#15858441)
If you mean by rich, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet level rich, then there are only a few dozen people whom you can tax that way.

Also tax is on income, not wealth. Unless Bill Gates sells his stocks, its pretty much untouchable.

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Re:Among the Tax Bill’s Biggest Losers: High-Income, Blue St... by redblacktree on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @01:06PM (#15863318)
There are wealth taxes. (property tax is one of them, estate tax is another -- phased out by this bill) In my opinion, we could do with a lot more wealth taxes.
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